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An Afghan policeman attached with US soldiers from 2nd PLT Diablos 552nd MIlitary Police Company, holds his machine gun during a patrol outskirts of Kandahar City, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010.

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Afghan 'police officer' kills six Nato troops
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• Man in uniform turns gun on troops in eastern Afghanistan • Gunman shot dead after attack • No British troops in region, but many US forces The incident took place in eastern Afghanistan where the majority of foreign forces are from the US. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images...

A man views a news stand displaying national newspapers, some carrying the story on WikiLeaks' release of classified U.S. State Department documents, at a newsagent in central London, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. The online whistleblower WikiLeaks released classified U.S. diplomatic cables that reportedly raise concerns about unflattering assessments of world leaders and revelations about backstage U.S. diplomacy.

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US condemns Wikileaks diplomatic cables release
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Sinn Fein protesters outside Leinster House, which serves as the parliament building, in Dublin, Ireland, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010.

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The "Irish" and "European Union" Question
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Article by WN.Correspondent Dallas Darling. Even now, as some of Ireland's leaders and the European Union are imposing harsh austerity measures on their nation, which are being met by tens of thousands of protesters and civil unrest; it is reminiscent of the "Irish Question." Starting in the 1100's, the English implemented a millennial age-old...

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks to the nation during a press conference at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010.

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SKorea leader feels responsible for NKorean attack
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YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's president on Monday took responsibility for failing to protect South Koreans from a deadly North Korean artillery attack last week, even as he vowed that the North would face consequences for future aggression. Lee Myung-bak didn't offer specifics about those consequences nor did he say what...

Supporters of Haiti's presidential candidates Michel Martelly and Charles-Henri Baker ride atop a pick up truck during a demonstration against the general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Twelve of the 19 candidates, including Martelly, endorsed a joint statement denouncing Sunday's voting as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country's Provisional Electoral Council.

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Calls to scrap 'corrupt' Haiti election
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10:13 AM Monday Nov 29, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink Nearly all the major candidates in Haiti's presidential election called for today's election to be voided amid allegations of widespread fraud. There are also reports that large numbers of voters were turned away from polling stations throughout the quake-stricken country. Twelve of the...

Hundreds of opposition Muslim Brotherhood supporters alleging electoral fraud make a standoff with riot police outside a counting center in the Shubra el-Kheima neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested outside vote counting stations, scuffling with police and denouncing what they called widespread fraud in Egypt's parliament elections on Sunday, as the government appeared determined to ensure its monopoly on the legislature in uncertain political times.

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Protests and clashes as Egypt votes for parliament
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Tweet - Violence and charges of irregularities marred voting in Egypt's election on Sunday, with the ruling party certain to boost its domination of parliament at the expense of the harried Islamist opposition. Violent clashes took place at several polling stations, with witnesses saying police fired tear gas at voters in the Nile Delta, north of...

South Korean ships stage off of the coast of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. The United States and South Korea prepared for war games Sunday as South Koreans demanded vengeance over a deadly North Korean artillery bombardment that has raised fears of more clashes between the bitter rivals.

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Beijing proposes emergency talks on Korea crisis
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Tweet - China called for emergency talks on resolving a crisis on the Korean peninsula on Sunday, and Seoul and Tokyo said they would study the proposal, as the US and South Korean militaries started a massive drill. Beijing's move to bring the two Koreas to the negotiating table comes after global pressure on China to take a more responsible role...

Founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010.

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WikiLeaks unleashes flood of confidential US cables
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By Joseph Krauss 8:08 AM Monday Nov 29, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink WASHINGTON - WikiLeaks has unleashed a torrent of more than a quarter of a million confidential US cables detailing a wide array of potentially explosive diplomatic episodes, the New York Times said....

A woman walks past a branch of the Bank of Ireland in Central Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Debt-crippled Ireland has completed negotiations for an EU-IMF bailout and a deal will be ratified and published by fellow European governments within hours, Prime Minister Brian Cowen said Sunday. Cowen said in a statement that Dublin talks which began Nov. 18 with International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank experts "are concluding today" in Brussels. He says the Irish Cabinet met late Saturday to approve the plans.

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Irish bailout fixed at 85 bn euros, 35 bn for banks
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Brussels . Ireland's bailout was formally announced on Sunday at 85 billion euros (113 billion dollars), 10 billion of which is for "immediate recapitalisation" and 25 billion for contingency support to...

Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo casts his vote for president in the Cocody neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Ivorians went to the polls Sunday in a long-overdue presidential election that many hope will reunite the country eight years after a civil war divided it in two. Voters are choosing between Gbagbo and the man he accuses of being behind the rebellion that sought to topple him, Alassane Ouattara.

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Ivory Coast Votes In Election To Reunite Country
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Millions of people voted largely without incident on Sunday in a long-overdue presidential election in Ivory Coast, the final step toward reuniting the country eight years after a civil war divided it in two. Some of President Laurent Gbagbo's supporters built barricades in the western cities of Divo and Lakota, in an...